11:45 AM,
Apr. 18, 2013

About 75 adults and children turned out for a gun control rally in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park on April 13, 2013. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to pass legislation that would have expanded background checks on potential gun buyers.

Written by

Beth Murphy

As you may have heard, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to stop a filibuster and advance a bill that would have expanded background checks on gun purchases. President Obama reacted in anger, calling it "a shameful day."

Although the president claims 90 percent of Americans want background checks, a more illuminating poll might ask: How many think that background checks would have stopped the Newtown killings? ...